Title: Bold Fonts Last modified: August 10, 2020 --- # Bold Fonts * [amandamorelli3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandamorelli3/) * (@amandamorelli3) * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/) * I am trying to bold the font within the post editor. However, when I do this and update the post, it does not appear to be bolded when I view the published post. I tried using the HTML editor and using the codes both “b” and “strong” correctly but that still did not work. I tried underlining in HTML and that did work! So I’m wondering if there is something within the coding of the theme that is preventing the text to be bolded? * It has not worked for any of my posts but here is a direct link to one of my posts: [https://themindfulfeed.com/positive-affirmations-a-simple-approach/](https://themindfulfeed.com/positive-affirmations-a-simple-approach/) The underlined sentences are what I was trying to bold. * Thank you! * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbold-fonts%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [Steven (LyraThemes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevenlyrathemes/) * (@stevenlyrathemes) * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/#post-13230006) * Hey [@amandamorelli3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandamorelli3/), * Thanks for the separate thread and the link, super helpful. * It looks like four of the headings have `` tags, but those are the only bold tags showing up in the source of the page. You’re using the block editor, right? Is there any chance that the tags you added weren’t nested correctly? What happens if you don’t add the tags manually, but instead just highlight the text and click the “B” button on the block? * There’s not anything in the theme that would strip these tags, but I’d love to get to the bottom of this. * Thanks again! * Thread Starter [amandamorelli3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandamorelli3/) * (@amandamorelli3) * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/#post-13237060) * Yes, I am using the block editor. I’m not sure if they weren’t nested correctly but I think they were? I tried not adding tags manually and highlighted the text and clicked the “B” button and that did not work. It does work for italic and underline though. * Thanks for your help! * Thread Starter [amandamorelli3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandamorelli3/) * (@amandamorelli3) * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/#post-13239301) * I should mention that I took out the bold tags that I had put in because it was not working. Which is probably why you cannot see any bold tags other than the headings * Thread Starter [amandamorelli3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandamorelli3/) * (@amandamorelli3) * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/#post-13239512) * Hi, I think I may have figured out what the issue is. I had changed the original font-family of the body from Lato to Montserrat. I did a trial and changed it back to Lato and then the bolding worked. However, when I tried it with Montserrat again the bolding went away. Is this a typical thing? Where Montserrat doesn’t show up bolded? Thanks! * [Steven (LyraThemes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevenlyrathemes/) * (@stevenlyrathemes) * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/#post-13240436) * Nice investigative work! 🙂 * I just tested on the demo site and bold body/paragraph text worked normally for me even when the font was set to Montserrat, so maybe it’s a combination of things. * Would you mind adding the bold tags back long enough for me to take a look and see what might be causing the problem? Thanks! * Thread Starter [amandamorelli3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandamorelli3/) * (@amandamorelli3) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/#post-13245958) * Okay, sure I added it back into the post [https://themindfulfeed.com/positive-affirmations-a-simple-approach/](https://themindfulfeed.com/positive-affirmations-a-simple-approach/) * Thank you! * [Steven (LyraThemes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevenlyrathemes/) * (@stevenlyrathemes) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/#post-13247355) * Thanks! It looks great to me, here’s what I’m seeing: * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/K5e2qfl) * Thread Starter [amandamorelli3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandamorelli3/) * (@amandamorelli3) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/#post-13252913) * Hi, yes it looks correct on your screen! * On my laptop (a Mac) using Chrome it doesn’t show up bold, and this is the same for another Mac user. However, when using Safari on Mac it shows up bold. For PCs it shows up bold on Chrome! * Thank you for looking into this for me! * [Steven (LyraThemes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevenlyrathemes/) * (@stevenlyrathemes) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/#post-13255553) * Gotcha…it looks like Chrome on Mac is requiring an actual bold font, and the Montserrat on your site only includes a normal weight. If you want to use it for an area that you’ll be using `` or `` tags in, then you may need to first load a bold version of the font. * Sorry for the hassle! * Thread Starter [amandamorelli3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandamorelli3/) * (@amandamorelli3) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/#post-13259199) * Okay, thank you for all the help! * [Steven (LyraThemes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevenlyrathemes/) * (@stevenlyrathemes) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bold-fonts/#post-13259578) * Sure thing! Let us know if you need any additional help with this (or any other theme issues). 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